4 Days Mount Kenya Trekking Sirimon down Chogoria

Pick up from your hotel at 0700. Later leave Nairobi. Have lunch and, transfer to Sirimon Park Gate (2,660m) the base of your Mt. Kenya trail. Here you meet with guides/porters and start your climb. After a 3-hour walk with lunch on the way, you will head to Old Moses Camp (3,300m) on the edge of the mountainous forest where you will spend the night.

You leave the camp at 8.30 am and continue your hike through the moorland characterized by many varieties of senecia and lobelia to Shiptons Camp (4,200m). Lunch will be taken on the way. The 14kmhike takes about 6 hours. Overnight will be at Shiptons Camp just below the 3 majestic peaks – Batian, Nelion and Lenana.

After an early morning breakfast at 4.00 am, the trek leads via a steep scree to Simba Cole and on through rocky terrain to Point Lenana. After summit photos you will descend again to Simba Cole and continue to Mintos Hut (4,200m). Here you have a lunch break, before passing along a ridge overlooking Gorge Valley and Lake Michaelson. In the late afternoon you will reach your destination for the day – a fly camp at the road head at 3,300m.

You descend to Meru Mt. Kenya Bandas at 3,000m. On your short 2-hour hike you may encounter buffalo, klipspringer, zebra and sometimes elephant. At the bandas 4×4 vehicles will be waiting to drive you through a dense bamboo forest on slippery roads to Chogoria. Here you will meet your driver, have lunch before biding the crew farewell and proceeding to Nairobi, Drop off at your hotel.

· Hiking boots (Waterproof with a good grip)
· Warm socks (4 pairs)
· Light socks
· Tights
· Tops (Light &Warm)
· Warm jacket
· Warm trouser
· Warm hat/balaclava
· Normal hat (For sunny days)
· Sunscreen
· Sunglasses
· Torch
· Water bottle
· Hot water bottle/flask
· Gloves (Warm)
· Day pack
· Porter’s bag
· High energy snacks
· Walking sticks
· Crocs/light shoes to wear in the evening
· Water proof jacket and trousers
· Sleeping bag